Random Thoughts #9

• First off, here's my spoiler-laden review for Inception!  If you've not seen it yet, you really do owe it to yourself to see it this weekend!

• Tonight on Late Nite JengaJam, it's a super podcasting mash-up, as Joe and John from The Javaheads call in and hang out.  We'll be talking about life, liberty and the pursuit of poutine, along with the upcoming RvBTO awesomeness.

• Speaking of RvBTO, that happens in just over a week!  Once again I'll be trekking into the untamed wilds of Canada with my friends on a weekend moose-hunt.  Canada and its capital of Toronto are savage lands, but the natives are friendly if not sophisticated.  :P

• Finally, I've been hard at work on the next Awesome On Its Own video for Lady Gaga's Telephone.  I'm very close to being finished, and hope to have it completed by this weekend!  After that, I really don't know what I'm going to do with myself.  Maybe catching up with True Blood would be a good place to start!

Random Thoughts #7

• I've been studying for a certification test all this week, and having thus been slacking on my writing.  I'll have a review for Gratuitous Space Battles and The Last Airbender up soon. 
• I'm also working on completing the next AOIO video for Lady Gaga's Telephone.  I got some really good stuff, and it's time to start making some hard cuts.  Thanks to all you guys who submitting something, I'll have the video up by next week hopefully!
• In the midst of my studying, I'll get a break tonight for Late Nite JengaJam as we have two awesome people to talk about the World Cup tonight at 9:30 Central.  Jessie "koolkeeper11" Falls is a former collegiate goalkeeper, and Dan "strider165" VanderClock is an RvB moderator and futbol fan!  And yes, the World Cup is still going on even though the US is out.  I think we did better than most people expected, and we'll be discussing this and more on tonight's show.  Join us as we plan for the inevitable counterattack against the evil forces of the vuvuzelas!

Pimping time!

• At this point, Twitter is pretty ubiquitous.  What's not so well known, but ought to be, is my JengaJam buddy OboeCrazy's Musiter project.  Every week, we get 140 different notes, which is more often than some people update their actual twitters.  Subscribe to her youtube channel for weekly micro-music-blogging goodness!

• Speaking of Late Nite JengaJam, we've got a special guest and programming note this week.  We'll be kicking off at the normal 10:30 Eastern time, but on Wednesday, instead of tonight.  Our guest this week is Jon Graham creator of Arby 'n' The Chief , a hilarious web series chronicling the adventures of our favorite Master Chief and Arbiter action figures.  

• Finally, A WILD BLOG APPEARS.  My very good friend and fellow Awesome On Its Own editor FinchLynch has started sharing his thoughts with the greater blogging population.  Check out his stuff, as he rips the internet, celebrities, and gaming culture a new one.

Late Nite JengaJam Live @ PAX East: SurfaceScapes & Blawndee

Hey guys! Just thought I'd let you in on some new clips from our PAX East Edition of Late Nite JengaJam! First up, we have our chat with the SurfaceScapes team from Carnegie Mellon concerning their work with bringing Dungeons & Dragons to a Microsoft Surface...



Next up, we have a conversation with the always awesome Barbara AKA Blawndee! Watch as she shares her experience working the Rooster Teeth booth at one of the biggest cons of the year!



Also tonight on Late Night JengaJam, we interview Venture Brothers and Dr. McNinja colorist Carly Monardo! 10:30pm Eastern, right after Lost!

Random Thoughts #2

• STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!! STAR TREK IS TOMORROW!!!
• Last night's appearance on Late Night JengaJam was a lot of fun. Hopefully we'll get to do it again at some point. After the show we talked about doing some live board game playing at some point in the future, so we'll see what happens with that.
• NFL draft was last week. OU sent 5 players to the pros, including 3 offensive linemen. Texas sent 4 players, including 3 defensive linemen. This year's OU/TX game should be more interesting than ever.
  
• Halo was also fun last night. There's a special kind of joy associated with blowing up a Warthog full of enemies with a missile pod, or blowing up two enemies at the same time w/ a single rocket. TOTAL CARNAGE! I LOVE IT!
• Current D&D Campaign Count: 3. One party of three 9th level guys (Dragonborn Paladin/Warlord, Dragonborn Warlord/Barbarian, Human Bow Ranger), another party of three level 5 dwarves (Battlerager Fighter, Warlord, and Beast Ranger), and the big party of six level 7 guys (Human Rogue, Human Swordmage, Human Fighter, Dwarven Wizard/Fighter, Dwarven Cleric/Warlord, Tiefling Warlord).